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I know about cutting back- had to sell most of my toys for expenses, and purchase a few needed items. Do what you have to do though.

Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, it's far from a "$35 computer". Not to speak too ill but here's the true cost-

$43 shipped for the 512MB Pi itself(because who would even waste money on the 256MB model anyway?)
$10 for a case because an exposed board isn't good
$5 for a power cord- micro USB cable and USB AC adapter
keyboard and mouse if you don't have any to spare
POWERED USB hub if you want to run more than 2 devices, because an unpowered one won't cut it on the Pi's power draw. Count $20-$25 for that
TV hookup- composite or HDMI. You can get HDMI cables cheap on eBay but if you go to a retail store, expect to pay.
3.5mm audio cable or headphones if you're not using HDMI
SD cards for the OS- may need several
USB flash or external HDD for extra storage
want to run XBMC? Either buy a cheap IR USB remote that may not even work well, or spend money on a GPIO IR receiver and an RC6 remote
$4 for the MPEG-2 codec and another $2 for the Blue-Ray codec

Yes, it's not near desktop costs but you can get nickel and dime'd to death beyond the advertised "$35" cost.

Hauls from June 14:
Cyberverse Dreadwing from Tuesday Morning for just $5.99
and also from TM, Power Rangers Super Samurai Bull Megazord
and I absolutely love this place I rarely get to visit in Durham, Atomic Empire, who drained my paycheck:
Anime styled Hawkgirl mini statue
Heroclix ships , 2 from each series,
Doctor Who blind bag minifigure
Transformers tin that came with candy, but I want it for earbuds.
DC Comics Unlimited Darkseid
out of package:

my latest additions is TMnt fishface (had to snag him as it was the first and possible only time I will ever see him here) and also got heavy assault war machine (he has a honking bigA gun !that the same size as him) and shield breaker or barrier IM

also picked up this dio piece and swapped out the Mcffarlane preds for the hottoy ones

Last edited by tycondrius; June 16, 2013 at 08:27am.
Reason: adding pic of non motu stuff

I might get the TF Prime Ultra Magnus as a stand in for that lame ass deluxe FOC version.

Looking at Shockwave, he looks pretty cool with Springer and Blitzwing (although scales are all over the place--Springer and Blitzwing should be deluxe size. Shockwave is Pretty big at least he was in the G1 commercials).

Sunday, June 16th's Hauls:
Iron Man Mark 42 Armor
Ultron
Power Rangers Megaforce RoboKnight
the BLUE bike from Max Steel (the white one is just there for comparison, and to show there ARE 2 different colors for this bike)
Pagani Hijayra
Street Sharks DVD with 40 episodes